The softboxes were packed pretty deep, as I'm on the road and was leaving that location the next morning, so I opted for a couple of umbrellas that were handy instead.
The shoot itself was conceived in just a few minutes, when I was approached in the lobby of the hotel I was staying at in Tennessee (where these were shot) by her and her boyfriend about hiring me to shoot her for her portfolio. They'd noticed me coming and going with my camera gear in tow. It was pretty late, and I told them I'd be happy to do it, but that we had to do it right then, as I had to get to bed so I could rise and shine early in the morning to take off for Kentucky.
That's what she was wearing already, and she just did her MU while I set up a couple of umbrellas and lights real quick. We did the shoot, chimped the back of the camera together, signed the model release, got paid, and off to the room I went.
I processed a few shots (the ones above), printed them, went to bed, got up the next morning and headed off for a final meeting with my client. Then back to the hotel, met with them, handed over the prints (lots of oohs and aahs and smiles - they were very pleased with them) as well as JPGs on a CD, loaded my truck and hit the road.
If I'd had more time to plan the shoot and set it up, I'd have used the softboxes and a hair light, and took more time to watch the details and course correct as I worked through the shoot. Not trying to make excuses, but that's the way it goes sometimes!
I did that, and not on purpose either. I didn't notice till I got them into Lightroom, and by then it was too late. If I rotate them, I'll start amputating her toes, and I just don't want to put in the work to try to work up some image extension via cloning and so on (though it wouldn't be too tough on #2), so I left it as is.
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